2057.2 Medical Care Poster Session: Quality Improvement, Health Economics & History of Public Health

Sunday, October 26, 2008: 4:30 PM
Poster
Moderator:
Katherine Virgo, PhD, MBA

Board 1
Quality of care of Diabetes Quality-based Payment Initiative (DQBPI) in Taiwan- patients' perspectives
Pei-Ching Chen, MS, Yue-Chune Lee, DrPH and Raymond Nien-Chen Kuo, PhD Candidate
Board 2
Incidence and cost of surgical site infection following isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery in the United States
Scott D. Barnett, PhD, Niv Ad, MD, Linda L. Henry, PhD, RN, Lisa M. Martin, MA and Sharon L. Hunt, MBA
Board 3
”Time=Brain”: A healthcare system collaboration to improve stroke care
Marcia D. Brinson, MPH RD, Eliot J. Lazar, MD, MBA, Brian K. Regan, PhD and Brian R. Taylor, PhD
Board 4
Minimal effect of the initial tumor stage on follow-up intensity for rectal cancer patients after curative-intent treatment
Frank E. Johnson, MD, Kenichi Ode, MBChB, Katherine S. Virgo, PhD, MBA and Riccardo A. Audisio, MD
Board 5
Long-Term Care Services for Rural Veterans: An Assessment of Average Daily Census in Non-Institutionalized Settings for Veterans Residing in Rural Areas
Richard Hartman, PhD, Kara Hawthorne, MSW, Jaspal Ahluwalia, MD, MPH, Shivaani Prakash and Ryung Suh, MD MPH MPP MBA
Board 6
Is small-area variation in healthcare utilization explained by physician financial self-interest?
Mythreyi Bhargavan, PhD and Jonathan H. Sunshine, PhD
Board 7
Impacts of the 2007 SCHIP Bill to reform the Medicare physician services payment method
Martey Dodoo, PhD and Robert Phillips, MD, MPH
Board 8
Results from an economic evaluation of 10 behavior change interventions
Martey Dodoo, PhD, Alex H. Krist, MD, MPH, Maribel Cifuentes, RN, BSN and Larry Green, MD
Board 9
New product, old problems: The debate over HPV vaccine mandates
Elena Conis, MS
Board 10
Creation of a hybrid quality improvement framework tailored to the needs of a national breast and cervical cancer screening program
Stephen James, MPH, Melanie Livet, PhD, Jessica Lazenby, JD, Kris Khan, MS, RN and Fred McClurg, MD, MS
     

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